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Conferences

Video: The 2012 Geo-Wall Competition

March 27, 2012 rockman Conferences Comments Off on Video: The 2012 Geo-Wall Competition

The 2012 Geo-Competition was held at the Geo-Congress 2012 conference in Oakland, California. Teams from 17 universities competed in a competition to construct a model mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining wall out of craft paper […]

Work continues at the Port of Anchorage expansion project on May 5, 2010.
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Audit: Federal agency failed in oversight of port expansion in Anchorage

August 15, 2013 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Audit: Federal agency failed in oversight of port expansion in Anchorage

The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General released a scathing audit report on the troubled Port of Anchorage expansion project and the obscure federal agency that was supposed to be overseeing it, the Maritime Administration […]

Taiwan Freeway Number 3 Landslide in April of 2010
Geologic Hazards

Taiwan Freeway No. 3 landslide probe finds likely causes

April 13, 2011 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Taiwan Freeway No. 3 landslide probe finds likely causes

A panel of experts in civil engineering and geotechnical engineering has completed their investigation into the failure of the slope above Freeway No. 3 in Taiwan last April that killed 4 people. Their forensic geotechnical […]